President obama thinks. We will bring that to you live. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. On the east coast. Breaking news. Hillary clinton and donald trump giving surprising answers on National Security to surprising questions and nonquestions at a National Security forum in new york. Trump defended a tweet about women in the military and defended Vladimir Putin and issued new claims about information and impressions from inside his National Security briefing. Hillary clinton faced tough questions about emails and Foreign Policy choices. Do you know more about isis than they do . I think under the leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. I think that the decision to go to war in iraq was a mistake. We must learn what led us down that path so it never happens again. Im asking to be judged on the totality of my record. When referring to a comment about putin made of you, i think he called you a brilliant leader. When he calls me brilliant, ill take that compliment. The man has very strong control of the country. It is a different system and i happen to not like the system. Under that system, he is a good leader. Were some emails by you about our Drone Program, a covert Drone Program . Yes. Every part of our government had to deal with questions and the secretary of States Office was first and foremost. There are ways of talking about the Drone Program. Cnns Brianna Keilar following that story for us. She has the very latest. Reporter good morning, john and christine. Much of clintons forum centered around her Secretary Of State email practice. She parsed her words that she did not endanger National Security because there were no emails with classified headers. The type of emails on the classified system or Unclassified System. Very different thing, though, than sending classified content, even without a header. You know and i know classified early is designated. It is marked. There is a header so there is no dispute at all that what is being communicated to or from someone who has that access is marked classified. And what we have here is the use of an Unclassified System by hundreds of people in our government to send information that was not marked, there were no headers, there was no statement, secret or top secret or confidential. I communicated on classified material on a wholly separate system. I took it very seriously. It was a surprising approach considering clinton herself said recently that when she tries to explain herself, it sounds like shes Making Excuses. And then a moment with donald trump who is struggling with women in polls when he doubled down on this tweet. In 2013 on this subject, you tweeted this, quote, 26,000 unreported sexual assaults in the military. Only 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when they put Men And Women together . Unquote. There are many people who think that is correct. We need to have strength. It should be expected and the only way to fix it is to take women out of the military . Since then it has gotten worse. Not to kick them out. Something has to happen. Part of the problem right now is nobody gets prosecuted. You have reported and the gentlemen can tell you. You have the report of rape and nobody gets prosecuted. There are no consequences. Reporter trump claimed he did not support the iraq war. He actually did support it. Then later he spoke out publicly at a time when people had been initially in support of the war actually changed their minds. Thank you, Brianna Keilar. This started burning up twitter all night. Reince priebus tweeted Hillary Clinton was angry and defensive the entire time. No smile. And uncomfortable that she was caught wrongly sending our secrets. Moderator matt lauer faced criticism. Some calling his performance weak. Specifically he was criticized for not Fact Checking that he was always against the iraq war. In 2002, he supported the invasion. Last night, he said he always opposed it and lauer did not correct him. A major world figure will respond to all this in a few minutes. President obama with a News Conference in laos. He is finishing up the summit there. What does he think . Lets bring in White House Correspondent in laos. Michelle kosinski. Good morning, michelle. Reporter we have not heard from him yet except to talk about the last day of the farewell tour to asia. Talk about building relationships here. You know when he gets before this Press Conference in a half hour, he will be asked about whats going on in the United States. Namely the statements that were made last night. When he is on these trips, you never know how much he will get into it. There are times he has gone off on the rants as he called one of them in canada on donald trump. At times, he said i have pretty much said what i was going to say. I will let the American People decide. Because this relates to National Security issues, i think he will weigh in. I think it could be interesting based on what questions are asked. I think it will be about his interactions with president rodrigo duterte. These two leaders were in the same space. The white house says that they had a brief discussion and exchanged pleasantries. That is as far as what happened. I think he will be asked about that. I think the president talked about the Tribunal Ruling in july that china has no claim to islands disputed with the philippines. That is a huge source of tension in the region. The u. S. Has been kind of in the middle of it. Today, President Obama properbr that up. I think he will be asked about how you manage that relationship between china and the other countries here that the u. S. Aligned with. That are having these disputes. Back to you. Michelle kosinski for us in laos. Again, President Obama set to answer questions for the press in just a few minutes. We are expecting him to face questions about the forum. To money now. A Record Number of open jobs in the u. S. A Record Number of job openings. Employers not find the right workers. How many . 5. 9 million in july. The other figure showing the improvement for job seekers. There is one open job for every 1. 3 unemployed people. The fewest since 2001. This shows strength of the jobs market. The job openings come from skilled positions and business services. 166,000. Some require years of experience. Durable goods up 27,000 in july. Higher paying jobs which require technical training. The biggest decrease in jobs health care and social assistance. Jobs there include a lot of lowwage positions. There are good jobs open out there. Millions of them, but workers need to have experience and skills to get them. It is a specific match and it is not happening in the labor market. Economists look at the numbers and it is a mystery. A riddle. It is interesting. A new world order. Nine minutes after the hour. Colin powell in his own words. What did the former Secretary Of State tell Hillary Clinton about email at the State Department . Those records finally go public. Thats next. Yourate ere plaque pso. Be the you who shows up in that dress. Who hugs a friend. Who is done with treatments that dont give you clearer skin. Be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. Stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. Some serious infections require hospitalization. Before treatment, get tested for tuberculosis. Before starting stelara® tell your doctor if you think you have an infection or have symptoms such as fever, sweats, chills, muscle aches or cough. 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Reporter john and christine, two days after being sworn in as Secretary Of State, Hillary Clinton and her predecessor, colin powell, exchanged emails. Clinton asked powell what were the restrictions of the use of your blackberry. Did you use it in your personal office . He didnt have a blackberry. He used a Personal Computer hooked up to a private phone line. So i could communicate with a wide range of friends directly without it going through the state servers. I used it for the foreign leaders and on State Department serves. He used it on the road and hotels. Powell warned quote there is a real danger that if it is public, if you have a blackberry and it is government and youre using it, government or not, it may become an official record and subject to the law. The email exchange was released saying powell advised secretary clinton with a detailed blueprint on how to skirt Security Rules to preserve federal records. He said clinton did not rely on powells advice, but she cited powells advice. Powell has been up front about the email account. He wrote about it in his book. He acknowledged sending clinton about it. He hasnt responded to the release of the latest exchange. In the last few weeks, he released frustration that she was trying to pin her email troubles on him. John and christine, im not sure Congress Member cummings did clinton any favors. Thank you. James comey is defending the investigation of the emails and decision to release documents on the friday before the labor day holiday. Comey says the decision was not a close call. A memo to fbi employees, comey writes, this is not a cliff hanger despite the Chest Beating. There was not a prosecutable case. He says we dont play games. We are processing more material. We will release more as they are ready. No matter the day of the week. What is interesting is the language and he released the memo to employees. It shows he is angry or frustrated with the second and third or fourth guessing. Fifth or sixth. 17 minutes after the hour. A lot of rhetoric of the Global Security at the Commander In Chief Forum. How about the positions received around the world . A live report next. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton not quite facetoface, but appearing on the same stage last night in the president ial forum. Hillary clinton vowed she has learned from her past mistakes insisting she offers the nation rock steadiness. Donald trump offered new praise for Vladimir Putin will intentionally vague on his antiisis strategy. How is this all received overseas . Lets bring in Senior Correspondent ben wedeman in rome. Other countries and leaders dont get to vote in our election. What are they saying right now . Reporter i think with the World Leaders and global audience will be a bit taken aback by the things they heard from both candidates. Certainly mr. Trumps assertion that the United States should have kept iraqs oil is probably going to be the source of some concern among many people because this really harkens back to the golden age of european imperialism. The fact of the matter is if the United States had kept a Certain Group behind us, mr. Trump said, to keep the oil, to exploit the oil, that would have caused a backlash that would have been far more broad and violent than what were seeing from isis which at the end of the day is several how disaffected extremists. You would have the entire region up in arms. It is important to keep in mind iraqs oil is in the south which is shia and the north is kurdish. If you put those two areas together, there are fewer Isis Sympathizers in them. Mrs. Clintons assertion that there are no u. S. Ground troops in iraq and syria would be met with a little confusion for many observers since the United States has around 5,000 troops in iraq. Several hundred Special Forces in syria. Of course, they are called advisers, not troops, but ive seen them. They are Men And Women in uniform with weapons close to the front lines in iraq. There have been Battle Field Fatalities in iraq and syria. Certainly both candidates are pushing a line that seems from the outside dont make a lot of sense. John. Ben wedeman for us in rome. Watching the race here in the United States. Thanks so much, ben. Still no comment from russian officials after one of the fighter jets came within ten feet of a u. S. Navy plane over the black sea. The pentagon is calling the incident an unsafe, close range i intercept. The plane was conducting routine exercises when it was buzzed. They were warning the russians not to unnecessarily escalate tensions. Secretary of state john kerry and russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov are set to meet again in two days to discuss fighting isis. This meeting comes as fresh Government Air strikes hit the rebel held areas in aleppo. 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Donald trump with some stunning remarks at the Commander In Chief Forum. Hillary clinton at the same forum facing toug